Roads: Accidents

Robert Flello: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured whilst working on the hard shoulder in each of the last three years.

Robert Goodwill: The following data has been provided by the Highways Agency who manage and operate the Strategic Road Network in England:
	
		
			  Number 
			 Killed:  
			 2011 0 
			 2012 0 
			 2013 1 
		
	
	
		
			 Seriously Injured:  
			 2011 1 
			 2012 0 
			 2013 1 
		
	
	These figures include both directly employed and contractor employees carrying out work for the Highways Agency and specifically refer to hard shoulder incidents only.